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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO. 30, 19104 1 4 Mmmm Mam. M, M53.

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1,055,926, Patented MarF 11,1913.

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WITEDSTATES'PATENT f HENRY NORMAN 14E-Asn, or E GEEMONT, ENGLAND. l

To all whom, t may concern :v v

Bexit known that I, HENRY. LEASE, a British subject, residing mont, county `of Chester, vented certain new and ments in Conveying Apparatus for Charging Bins, Hoppers, the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus'for conveying materials from one particular different destinations and is applicable among other things for NORMAN feeding fuel from one or more feed chutes or supplies to a number of different con, tainers or bins adapted t receive same.

conveyer of band, plateor similar type the rframe of which is capable of being moved longitudinally or otherwise or extended into different positions and the end of which is provided with a chute or hopper -into which rected into the bin, container or receptacle adapted to receive same, the hopper moving with the conveyer and preferably being provided with doors at the bottom adapted lto be automatically opened andclosed by stops,

I cams or the like/at the-mouths ofthe bins,- receptacles or containers.

fuel to bins,

The inventionis applicable to any'organi-l. zation, with which 'it may be operated but has been devised particularly vfor lfeeding containers, receptacles or the like adapted inturn to feed the fuel to the furnace or furnaces to be @or other material, and is especially appli cable to the feeding of naces of refuse destructors.

able bins,

' .ably fed froml the top,

receptacles being preferably provided un- -close both the bottom of charged. Such an arrangement is shown in the accompanying drawings by way of example and the invention will be fully described with reference thereto.

coNvEYING APrARATUs Eon vvonnnensie' BINS, H'oPrERs, au.

'Specification of LettersPiaf-:eiit, Application led December 30, 1910. SeriallNo. l

at Egre-v England, have in" useful .Improve` and the Like, of which l refuse is Ifed vThe invention' consists essentially of. `a

.end with driven from' any suitablesource Vof power supplied with fuely tively at the inner end Patented Y Figure"` i'i's aside levaien- Shwing ual eonveyer extended. Fig. 2 is-a similar View .showing the conveyer drawn back. Fig. 3

is a plan of same.- vation of same.- discharge hopper,

Fig. 4 is an end eleclosed. Fig. 6 isa simiar view, discharging.

Arranged a ksuitable level above the containers, receptacles or bins Ay adapted to feed the 'fuel to the furnace is mounted, in suclnaimanner that it can ybe extended,` the ofmatraveling band or conveyerC upo 4the end of vwhich is provided a hopper or chue''D into which the` fuel vor y th hopper or chute D is'preferablyfprovided as shown with 'a-door tomadapted `to means of stops, cams, inelines orthe like k, but 'such/doors ,may if desiredbe dispensed with'. The part B of the vconveyer frame is stationary 'and vmounted onl any'lsuitable base or foundation. The `part. Bl is mounted or supported YVin'theNpartB se asi to be extensie ble with-regard thereto. As shown the part B is provided with rollers running in channels or runways formed 'in the' part B .a` rack G operatedbya pinion g er' by hand. v ve' Ihe conveyer C is carriedy by four pulleys Mar. i1, i913.

or doors at thel bot-f" be opened landclosed by,A

Fig. 5 is a side view of e' conveye'rv 'iThis vtwov xed c c and two lmovable c2 c3, the

ymovable pulleys being carried byA and mop ing with the extensible part B of the frame. The main pulleys c, cs are mounted ofthe fixed frame B and the outer end of The other pulleys c',

c2 are guide i pulleys,

. the former being fixed. The latter, moving with the extensible frame B', acts. as a jockey pulley to take up the conveyer when the frame E is compensate for its movements. VThe main pulley c is preferably the driving `'pulley of the conveyerC being driven from any convenient source of power, suchfor'- instance as an electrici'niotor or mpved and c3 is mounted in the feed hopper Dend the conveyer passing thereovei,delivers the fuel to the hopper. Rollers lb2 the pulleys c and c2.

The fuel or refuse is fed C- from a fixed position cr positions and is moved forward bythe conveyer to the hopex'tensible vframe B.

to the conveyer slack of ythe loov its-

are preferably provided to support the -conveyer between througlr suitable gearing such as il. The other mam pullev lper I). It `may means of screens fed to the conveyer by the ner port-ions being first sifted Fout, and vthe residue delivered to the, conveyer,

' reciprocating 'or :propulsion [i p the bins Ior. containers Amay vbeopen at the bottom or may or vice versa, the finer ma.- terial ,may bey deliveredlto the conveyer vand the residue `d livered 'beyond it.' Or the fuel may' be fed tothe'y 'conveyerf by Yonegor more tables J such as shownain the drawings J "The hopper D fondelivering the fuel vto be providedv with a door or doors E adapted vto close t-he hopper When desired. The doors E 4are preferably ar-v ranged so that when the hopper passes from one bin or container A to another they auto# matically close so that nothing is allowed to fallonto the dividing Walls of or between having'inclined orcam portions whenthe conveyer is arev employed they the 'containers or bins. This may be ac' complishedas shown by means of guides K .7c Vadapted the extremitiesjof the door's E or L thereon to close the doors A being moved from one receptacle A toanother. Where two doors are preferably connected to engage arms or vrunners together by la suit-able link arrangement such as e so ythat the closing or opening of either fdoorsis preferably more spring devices.

, Y closing `door `simultaneously 'closes or opens the other. .The closing arrangement of the constructed with one or Z to obviate accidents should any obstruction prevent the complete of the door orl doors.l

The conveyer is arranged in such a position thatitfeeds first into one bin, hopper v or skip, and-Whenl this bin is fullor when a is -often the case, the necessity 'a great quantity of one-particular kind of v,suiiicient'quantity of a particularcharacter of fuell or refuse is '40 fedinto it the conveyer isnioved forward or extended, the door E above the mouth of the nextcontainer or receptacle A when the door automatically opens and the fuel or 4refuse is fed4 to the 45` iiext'bin.V This operation can be repeated 4till all .the-bins are filled or may go on continuously Where the bins are stationary and are being emptied at the saine time. 4

One advantage of the apparatus is the facility with which the fuel supplied to a refuse destructor can be mixed instead of as of dumping "table mounted on refuse vvhich may not be of a high calorific power into one furnace.

What I claim as my invention and desire lto protect by Letters Patent is 1. In an apparatus of the classy specified, l

the combination with tacl'es,A of a conveyor delivery extremity to feed material to any a plurality of one ofthe receptacles, and a discharge hopf 'per on the said adjustable delivery extremity. f 2. In an apparatus of the class s ecied, t-he combination With receptacles, o a longitudinally extensible frame having a conveyer means associated therewith rovided With'a delivery extremity disposa le over any one of the receptacles, and a discharge hopper on thc said delivery extremity.

3, In an apparatus of the class specified, a plurality of receptacles, an extensible frame having a conveying means with a discharge hopper on its delivery extremity a the frame and provided with guide land jockey rollers, and a travelthe v.chute automatically closing until ing band cooperating with the frame, the

having anA adjustab e" ,rollers operating to allow the effective length of the band or table to be varied.

4. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a plurality of receptacles, of an extensible conveyer to operate with said receptacles, a -discharge hopper at the delivery extremity of the convcyer and having doors, and means'for automatically closing and opening the hopper doors. 5. In an apparatus of the class specified,

the combination with a pluralityV of recep-v tacles, of a ,longitudinally extensible conveyer having on its charge hopper provided withA opening and closing means, yielding devices ycoperating with vthe closing. means to prevent damage thereto in case of.obstruction to tight closing of said means, and cani means engaged delivery extremity a disby said opening and closing means when the 4 conveyer is moved. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of the subscribing witnesses. v t HENRY NORMAN LEASK.

Witnesses: v JOHN WILLIAM Timmins, MALCOLM SMETHURST,

J. OWDEN OBniEN. 

